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See also: Jean d' Ibelin

Jean of Ibelin , born in 1215, deceased in December 1266, count de Jaffa and of Ascalon is a famous lawyer and the author of an important treaty of laws of the Royaume of Jerusalem. It was wire of Philippe d' Ibelin, baillif of Jerusalem and Cyprus, and Alix of Montbeliard, and nephew of Jean d' Ibelin, the " Old Lord of Beirouth". To distinguish it from his fore-mentioned uncle and other family member Jean, it is sometimes called Jean de Jaffa

Its family was the first branch of Ibelin to be itself installed with Cyprus, because of the regency of her father of 1218 to 1227. In 1229, Jean left Cyprus with his family when Frederic II, the Germanic emperor, confiscated the strongholds of Ibelins on the island. They settled temporarily in the north of Palestine, where the family had strongholds. It combatit with the battle of Casal Imbert, in 1232, where his/her uncle demolished Riccardo Filangiere, the lieutenant of Frederic in the East. In the neighborhood of 1240, it married Maria de Barbaron († 1263), the sister of Héthoum Ier d' Arménie. In 1241, it was probably responsible for a compromise of treaty between Ibelin and the emperor in whom Simon de Montfort, 6^ème count de Leicester was to control the kingdom. This compromise was never applied and Simon never came out of Holy Land; Ibelin continued to fight against the partisans of Hohenstaufen, and they removed Tyr with their enemies. Jean took part in this seat.

A little later, little before 1245 and the beginning of the Seventh crusade, Jean became count de Jaffa and of Ascalon and lord of Rowed. Rowed was an old stronghold of Ibelin, but Jaffa and Ascalon belonged to others, like Gautier IV of Brienne, whose son Jean (nephew of the king Henri Ier of Cyprus) was despoiled by the acquisition of Ibelin. That probably occurred when king Henri, the cousin of Jean, became regent of Jerusalem and distributed grounds to his Cypriot barons to create a network of partisans. Ascalon were taken again by the Mamelouks in 1247.

In 1249, Jean joined the Seventh crusade and took part in the catch of Damiette at the side of Saint Louis. Louis was made prisoner when Damiette was taken again, and Jean seems to have escaped with this fate. Released in 1252, Louis went to Jaffa; the constable and chronic Jean de Joinville draws up a portrait of very favorable Jean. He became a very famous lord of the Christian East, also corresponding with Henri III of England and the pope Innocent IV.

Henri Ier died in 1253 and Saint Louis returned to France in 1254, leaving Jean as baillif of Jerusalem. It made peace with Damas and used the forces of Jerusalem to attack Ascalon. The Egyptians besieged Jaffa in return. Jean attacked them and demolished them, and gave the baillage to his/her cousin Jean d' Arsuf after the victory.

However, the commercial communities génoise and Venetian entered in conflict, in the " war of Sabas" Saint;. Jean supported the Venetian ones. With an aim of bringing back the order in the kingdom, Jean and Bohémond VI of Antioche asked the queen Plaisante of Cyprus to take regency in the name of the king absent Conradin. During a naval battle, the Venetian ones demolished the génois, which lost Acre. With Pleasant and Hugues II in Acre, the Ibelin family started to lose influence, but in 1263 Jean a connection with Plaisante started which made scandal

Jean could make only little things when Baybars, the Sultan Mamelouk of Egypt fought in Palestine against the Mongols. Baybars had imposed its suzerainty on Jaffa, and used certainly this port to supply Egypt. During this time Jean wrote his detailed treaty of the laws of the kingdom, named the '' delivers Bases of Jerusalem ''. Jean died in 1266 and conquered Baybars Jaffa in 1268.

Marriage and children

With Marie d' Arménie, it had:

Jacques d' Ibelin († 1276) count de Jaffa
Philippe d' Ibelin
Guy d' Ibelin († 1304), count de Jaffa
Jean d' Ibelin
Hethum d' Ibelin
Oshin d' Ibelin
Marguerite d' Ibelin, abbess with Nicosie
Isabelle d' Ibelin, married in 1270 in Smbat de Saravantikar
Marie d' Ibelin, married in 1270 in Vahran d' Hanousse († 1271), then in Late Gregoire

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